how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?

[Qt embedded developer]

@jsulm can you tell me with below written code

QFile file("out.txt");
file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite)

the file gets created or not ?

because before reading or writing i have to create the file and this information is i think not clearly get from mentioned link.

[jsulm]

@Qt-embedded-developer Why don't you read documentation? It answers your question (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qfile.html#open)...

[Qt embedded developer]

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[DerReisende]

@Qt-embedded-developer Thats not true:
Note: In WriteOnly or ReadWrite mode, if the relevant file does not already exist, this function will try to create a new file before opening it.

This is from the posted link

[jsulm]

@Qt-embedded-developer said in how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?:

but for QIODevice::ReadWrite with this mode what happens is not mentioned

I guess you mean ReadOnly? Well, if the documentation says the file will be created in case of WriteOnly and ReadWrite, then isn't it logical that the file will not be created in all other modes? Also, this is really easy to test.

[jsulm]

@DerReisende said in how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?:

Thats not true

Really? How did you prove it is not true?

[DerReisende]

@jsulm I was answering a deleted post from OP not yours.

[jsulm]

@DerReisende Oh, sorry I was thinking I was replying to OP.

[JonB]

@Qt-embedded-developer said in how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?:

i also want to know which option i need to choose for read and write combinedly using QFILE ?

I will say this: most of the time when people here open a QFile with QIODevice::ReadWrite it is unnecessary/wrong. What will you actually be doing which requires the file to be opened for read and write at the same time?

[Qt embedded developer]

@jsulm means for first time if i want to create file then i must need to use WriteOnly or ReadWrite mode .

Okay thanks all. and sorry for deleting comment of mine before waiting for answer or updating the comment.

[Qt embedded developer]

@JonB can you elaborate some more. because in my case when i write any thing in file then

1] After first time i have to read file
2] i have to add update the content of file
3] then why this QIODevice::ReadWrite mode is unnecessary ?

[jsulm]

@Qt-embedded-developer said in how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?:

then why this QIODevice::ReadWrite mode is unnecessary ?

It is necessary if you want to create a new file and write to it.
But if you only want to read existing file or to only write into a file use ReadOnly/WriteOnly.

[JonB]

@Qt-embedded-developer said in how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?:

i have to add update the content of file

Here is the possibly dangerous issue. What exactly do you mean by "update"? Do you mean (a) replace certain bytes (b) overwrite whole file or (c) append to what is there? They all need different "open" code.

In your other thread you showed

QFile file(QDir::homePath() + "/Runtime/"+ "NewFile.txt");

            if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite))
            {
            qDebug() << "file is not exist";
            qDebug()<< "Cannot open file for writing: "
                         << qPrintable(file.errorString());
            }
            else
            {
                QTextStream out(&file);
                out << secondsbetweenDateTime<< endl;
            }

When the file does not already exist then (I believe) ReadWrite creates it anew at zero length. This path is OK. However, what about when it does exist, your else code? ReadWrite does not truncate the existing content and it does not append to it; rather, it just starts writing new bytes from the start "on top" of whatever happens to already be in the file. So say your existing file currently contains

Hello world

Your code opens for read-write, say you write Bye to that file, and then you're done and close it. the file will now contain:

Byelo world

Presumably not what you intended! This is why ReadWrite is rarely what people actually mean, certainly for a text file.

So if you want further help indicate what you really want to do with this file.

[Qt embedded developer]

@JonB IN MY CASE YOUR a AND b OPTION POSSIBLE

I NEED TO DO LIKE BELOW:

FILE CONTENT PREVIOUS :
POWER ON TIME : 1000

I HAVE TO READ ABOVE CONTENT AND CHANGE IT LIKE BELOW IF POWER ON TIME IS 12

FILE CONTENT NOW:
POWER ON TIME: 12

[JonB]

@Qt-embedded-developer

CHANGE IT

And does that mean overwrite what is there or append to what is there? I would do one of:

• If you do use QIODevice::ReadWrite and want to append I would go file.open(QIODevice::ReadWrite | QIODevice::Append), to ensure code does not overwrite what is already there.

• If you want to overwrite after reading, then do not use QIODevice::ReadWrite. As I wrote above it will leave extra characters in the file if the new output is any shorter than the existing content. Instead do the next step....

• Alternative is to open file ReadOnly, do reading, close. Then re-open for either overwrite/truncate or append and write the new stuff now.

In all of above cases, if you are under Windows you should or in QIODeviceBase::Text since this is a text file.

[mpergand]

@JonB said in how to create file if it not exist at give path in qt ?:

If you want to overwrite after reading, then do not use QIODevice::ReadWrite

You can, simply do resize(0) before writing

[JonB]

@mpergand
Indeed, which probably calls truncate(). It does not say whether you must then seek(0) as well, many platforms require seek-when-change-from-read-to-write. It's yet another way. Personally I probably would not open for ReadWrite and do that. The OP now has a choice of approaches.